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10 Best Movies Like Trading Places

If you loved Trading Places, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Coming to America

Coming to America

1988★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trading Places for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant,...

#2
Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop

1984★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trading Places for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hill...

#3
Spies Like Us

Spies Like Us

1985★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trading Places for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war....

#4
The Golden Child

The Golden Child

1986★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trading Places for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the pri...

#5
The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

1985★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trading Places for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast...

#6
Eddie Murphy: Delirious

Eddie Murphy: Delirious

1983★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trading Places for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Taped live and in concert at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. in August, 1983, Eddie Murphy: Delirious captures Eddie Murphy's wild and outrageous stand-up comedy act, which h...